Ace MUSTANG W640SR, User Manual

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Modules & Options
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Intel
®
Speed Shift Technology Driver
Install the Intel® Speed Shift Technology driver as outlined below. Speed Shift
Technology allows operating system to hand off some or all control of the handing
of the computer’s *P-States to the processor. This has a couple of noticeable benefits
in responsiveness and the reduction of power consumption.
Intel® Speed Shift
Technology can be enabled/disabled in the BIOS (see “Intel(R) Speed Shift
Technology (Advanced Menu > Advanced Chipset Control)” on page 5 - 13 ).
Speed Shift Technology Driver Installation
1. Insert the Device Drivers & Uti User’s Manual disc into an attached
DVD drive.
2. Click Option Drivers (button).
3. Click 6.Install Speed Shift Driver > Yes .
4. When the “ Is this package from a source you trust ?” message pops-up click
“ Yes, add it ”.
5. This will complete the installation procedure.
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*P-States
P-states are voltage-fre-
quency pairs that set the
speed and power con-
sumption of the copro-
cessor.
When the operating volt-
age of the processor is
lower, so is the power
consumption.